Flashback: A Year Ago This Week on Tyner Blain [2006-12-22]

Should we buy this application, or build it in house? Maybe some of each. How should we make that decision today?

Build, Buy, or Both?

This is somewhat of an age-old debate. IT departments were initially chartered with cost-reduction initiatives. Automate this process, reduce errors in that process. For some companies, IT departments stopped becoming a cost-center and started becoming a profit-center. Initiatives began to appear that were designed to enable top-line growth, not just cost-reductions. Enable this sale, encourage that one.

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